Lime Kiln, behind 128 Largy Road, Carnlough, Ballymena, Co Antrim is a listed building in the Mid and East Antrim local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.
Lime Kiln, behind 128 Largy Road, Carnlough, Ballymena, Co Antrim
- WRENN ID
- sunken-terrace-solstice
- Grade
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid and East Antrim
- Constituency
- East Antrim MP: Sammy Wilson (DUP)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Irish grid reference
- D 288 207
- Coordinates
- 55.01776, -5.98617
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
This is a lime kiln, likely built between 1820 and 1839. It represents a common type of structure once widely used, although many are now derelict or incomplete, as is the case here. The kiln is constructed from limestone and basalt rubble, built into a hillside with a square plan. The front features three tiers of recessed segmental arches made of limestone, containing the draw hole through which processed lime was extracted. A circular charging hole is located on the top, now overgrown and with access blocked. A breach in the south side of the chamber has resulted in some stonework being missing. The kiln sits on an elevated site within a field, positioned behind a farm and visible from the nearby road. It was used for the small-scale burning of white limestone, reducing it to a rough powder for various purposes. The kiln is recorded on an Ordnance Survey map from 1832. The site is of industrial archaeological interest, and remains in private ownership, currently used for rural industry.
Local climate
Lime Kiln, behind 128 Largy Road, Carnlough, Ballymena, Co Antrim sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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